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ECom-IComp Experts Address Series (2012-2013)
The ECom-IComp experts address series is designed primarily
to keep students and alumni of our programme up-to-date with the information
technology and electronic business trends around the world. We invite our
eminent overseas instructors and distinguished guests to give the public address, which forms an
important part of the learning process, and also facilitates our programme
participants to network with local industry and business leaders. Instructors
and guests can also present unusual topics they are passionate about or which they think
deserve more public attention.
Professor Norman Sadeh
Director, Mobile Commerce Lab, Carnegie Mellon University
Director, e-Supply Chain Management Lab, Carnegie Mellon University
Co-Director, COS PhD Program, Carnegie Mellon University
Visiting Professor, Department of Computer Science, HKU |
30 May 2013 (Thursday)
7pm - 8pm
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ADC314, 3/F
HKU SPACE
Admiralty Centre, 18 Harcourt Road, H.K |
Register here |
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The 2010 US census cost over 13 billion US dollars and involved hiring
close to 600,000 people. Yet the information it gives us is a frozen
snapshot of the population. What if we could harness the massive amounts
of public social media data generated every day and build, at a fraction
of the cost, a deeper, more dynamic understanding of what is happening
in our cities? Norman Sadeh, a Professor of Computer Science at
Carnegie Mellon University and a visiting Professor at HKU, reflects on
his work and that of his collaborators on Livehoods, a site that
automatically generates urban maps highlighting the social dynamics of
cities. The Livehoods project is about developing a new layer of
information reflecting the social dimensions of our urban interactions.
Norman will share his vision for how this new layer of information can
help inform urban planning decisions, public health questions, all the
way to business decisions such as where to open a new store or how to
provide mobile users with effective everyday life recommendations. |
| MSc Programme Office,
Department of Computer Science, HKU |
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